{"id":49352,"date":"2026-07-10T12:16:28","date_gmt":"2026-07-10T19:16:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newmexicopbs.org\/productions\/newmexicoinfocus\/?p=49352"},"modified":"2026-07-10T12:16:30","modified_gmt":"2026-07-10T19:16:30","slug":"new-emails-allege-new-mexico-probation-officer-ice-referrals-more-widespread-than-previously-known","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newmexicopbs.org\/productions\/newmexicoinfocus\/new-emails-allege-new-mexico-probation-officer-ice-referrals-more-widespread-than-previously-known\/","title":{"rendered":"New emails allege New Mexico probation officer ICE referrals more widespread than previously known"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Referrals resulted in at least seven deportations, according to Source NM review of documents<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">by Patrick Lohmann, Source New Mexico<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left has-background wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"background-color:#8080801f\"><em><strong>This <a href=\"https:\/\/sourcenm.com\/2026\/07\/09\/new-emails-allege-new-mexico-probation-officer-ice-referrals-more-widespread-than-previously-known\/\">story<\/a> was originally published at <a href=\"https:\/\/sourcenm.com\/\">Source New Mexico<\/a>, a NMPBS partner.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1080\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newmexicopbs.org\/productions\/newmexicoinfocus\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/ICE-Agents.jpg\" alt=\"Several ICE officers in marked jackets gather around a dark vehicle at night, with blurred faces and trees visible in the background.\" class=\"wp-image-49355\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.newmexicopbs.org\/productions\/newmexicoinfocus\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/ICE-Agents.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/www.newmexicopbs.org\/productions\/newmexicoinfocus\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/ICE-Agents-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.newmexicopbs.org\/productions\/newmexicoinfocus\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/ICE-Agents-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.newmexicopbs.org\/productions\/newmexicoinfocus\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/ICE-Agents-1536x864.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">New documents show that New Mexico probation officers\u2019 practice of referring undocumented probationers to the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency was more widespread than previously known. (Courtesy U.S Department of Homeland Security)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-8f761849 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:100%\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">New documents in a lawsuit against New Mexico Corrections Department Secretary Alisha Tafoya Lucero allege that state probation officers\u2019 practice of referring undocumented probationers to federal agents for deportation occurred more extensively than previously known, and continued well after state lawmakers banned such referrals in 2025.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Emails between federal agents and state probation officers, as well as other records attached as exhibits to a State Ethics Commission court filing last week, also allege the probation officers referred their probationers to the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency at the behest of their supervisors at the Corrections Department.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Initially, in its September lawsuit prompted by a whistleblower complaint, the Commission alleged that <a href=\"https:\/\/sourcenm.com\/2025\/09\/16\/new-mexico-probation-officers-accused-of-referring-problem-probationers-to-ice-for-deportation\/\">probation officers lured three<\/a> undocumented probationers under false pretenses to various statewide probation offices, where ICE agents were waiting to arrest them for potential deportation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The probation department referred at least 20 additional probationers to ICE between October 2024 and May 2026, based on a Source NM review of emails in the new filing, and regularly tipped off ICE agents when a probationer was scheduled for a probation appointment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In at least seven of the cases, ICE ultimately deported the probationers to Mexico or elsewhere, according to the emails. In five cases, probation officers mistakenly believed people they supervised were undocumented, and referred United States citizens or lawful permanent residents to the agency.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">At least five referrals occurred after July 1, 2025, when <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nmlegis.gov\/Sessions\/25%20Regular\/final\/SB0036.pdf\">a state law<\/a> went into effect prohibiting state employees from providing immigration or other sensitive personal information to anyone outside of the agency except in limited circumstances.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Ethics Commission included the new text messages, emails, deposition transcripts and other evidence in a 225-page filing July 2 that urges a state district court judge to allow the Commission to enforce the 2025 state law, known as the the Nondisclosure of Sensitive Personal Information Act, which empowers the Commission to bring action against potential violators. That would allow the Commission to bring a second lawsuit against Tafoya Lucero under the state\u2019s new law.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">First Judicial District Court Matthew Wilson\u2019s approval is necessary, Commission Executive Director Jeremy Farris wrote, especially since the Commission recently received information showing the violations occurred at all levels.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Ethics Commission declined to comment on the filing, citing ongoing litigation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In addition to the new details about referrals, the Commission\u2019s lawsuit also relays a whistleblower account alleging that the Correction Department\u2019s in-house counsel, in a meeting in mid-May of this year with probation supervisors, told them to conduct certain communications \u201ctelephonically,\u201d potentially to evade the Commission\u2019s continued investigation into the department.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">At the same meeting, according to the filing, the department\u2019s deputy cabinet secretary said that when she finds out the identity of the whistleblower who prompted the Commission\u2019s September lawsuits, \u201cThey are going to get it.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Corrections Department spokesperson Brittany Roembach told Source NM that the department declined to comment on the litigation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cGenerally speaking, however, we meet with and train probation and parole staff on a regular basis, to ensure that they are aware of current laws, policies, and expectations while supervising individuals in our communities,\u201d she said in an email.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Most of the emails revealed in the filings transpired between probation officer Joanna Bojorquez-C\u00e1rdenas and ICE deportation officer Matthew Salcido between November 2024 and May of this year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Bojorquez-C\u00e1rdenas did not respond to Source NM\u2019s request for comment Thursday. Salcido declined to comment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In addition to the exchanges about individual probationers, the emails reveal a close working relationship between the two, including discussions of vacations and job opportunities, and suggest that ICE agents like Salcido were under pressure to arrest and deport as many immigrants as possible shortly after President Donald Trump was inaugurated for a second term in January 2025.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cHave any more for us?\u201d Salcido asked Bojorquez-C\u00e1rdenas via email Feb. 4, 2025. \u201cThey\u2019re pushing us pretty hard for arrests.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Bojorquez-C\u00e1rdenas replied that she didn\u2019t. \u201cBut I will let you know!\u201d she wrote.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In a deposition transcript contained in the filing, Bojorquez-C\u00e1rdenas testified that NMCD Probation Supervisor Brent Hopper instructed her and fellow probation officers to \u201creach out to ICE regarding your probationers who are undocumented,\u201d although she didn\u2019t recall when he had done so.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Hopper declined to comment Thursday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The filings contain text messages and emails from two other probation officers and ICE to coordinate federal arrests of New Mexico probationers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">An ICE spokesperson also declined to comment Thursday, citing the pending litigation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Sen. Antoinette Sedillo-Lopez, who sponsored the bill making such referrals illegal, reviewed the filing Thursday and told Source NM she was \u201cdisturbed and shocked\u201d at the joy probation officers seemingly experienced when they succeeded in deporting a probationer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">She noted that Salcido wrote \u201cOh damn!\u201d when he discovered that a Mexican probationer Bojorquez-C\u00e1rdenas referred his way was protected from deportation under federal law because he was a Lawful Permanent Resident and his conviction was \u201conly a misdemeanor.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Sedillo-Lopez said she is going to refer the filing, which she was unaware of until Source NM\u2019s inquiry Thursday, to the interim legislative Courts and Corrections Committee for review at an upcoming hearing. The committee drafts criminal justice policy and exercises oversight of state law enforcement agencies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cTo me, it just looks really bad for the supervisors and for the whole agency,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>This story was originally published at <a href=\"https:\/\/sourcenm.com\/\">Source New Mexico<\/a>, a NMPBS partner.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Referrals resulted in at least seven deportations, according to Source NM review of documents by Patrick Lohmann, Source New Mexico This story was originally published at Source New Mexico, a NMPBS partner. 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